National Republican., 1887-12-10
CIeveIandism in Relapse.

Enough time has elapsed since the publ
cation of the official returns OF the New
York elections to have exhausted supe-
rior selection Of fireworks over the antici
pated reelection Of Mr.. Cleveland. But
the fireworks are not forthcoming and the
boomers are not booming. Something has
dampened the reelection powder, and tins
display is indefinitely postponed.
There was promise Of more than 20,
900 plurality for the Demo- ticket. 1t
has dwindled. The head OF the t'eke'
leads with less than 1900, and the other
candidates lag with various figures down to
1900. The average is less than the Demo-
cratic plurality the year previous to the
Burchard achievement In electing Cleve.
land by meager 1,100.
Even this meager outcome Of an election
into which was thrown the, whole power OF
the national administration, the state al
minlstration, the New York city adminis-
tration-in person, by letter, and by check
was procured by means which appear to
rob 1t Of its first charms as received by tele-
graph at the white house. The head OF
the Democratic ticket is brewer. Ia the
brewery districts he ran several thousand
votes ahead of bis associates; but through
his influence and that Of the chairman OF
the state committee, also liquor manu-
facturer, great fund was raised, which
helped the free whisky ticket as whole
Add to this the fact, stated by one Demo.
cratic authority, that the running Of re,
form and doodle Democratic candidate for
attorney in the city added 5000 votes to
the Democratic column; aud that the
Doodle aldermen with their henchmeu stood
by the administration In the fight, aud, the
real Democratic plurality seems to repre-
sent.very little in the re election campaign.
These. facts, and figures have set the
soberer Democratic to thinking. The Bos-
ton Globe and the. New York World In par.
ticular have turned their efforts to warning
their brethren not to be content with re.
elccting Cleveland this year and letting
next year go by default. The World shows
how much more prosperous the Democratic
party was in 1883 than now. 'Kentucky,''
1t says, ''was Democratic by over $4,000
majority, Maryland by 1900, aud Mlssis
sippi by an overwhelming vote. Virginia
had revolutionized the state legislature to Q
Democratic majority OF twenty. West yir.
| ginia had elected Snyder, Democrat, to Ill
a vacancy in Congress by good majority
The Democrats had carried New York by
1900 pluralityi New Jersey by $500 plu
rality. Indiana stood In lipe with Demo
| cratic governor-elect and Democratic leg.
islature." On the other hand, the Repub
licans had lost Michigan and Ohio, and theil
"majorlties In other states had dwindled
down to moderate plurslities.n The World
contrasts the condition OF affairs then ant
now, preceding another presidential contest
"The Republicans have this year renswed
their strength in their own states aud m adj
inroads in some Of the Democratic states,
II continues, while the Democrats SHAY,
lost New Jersey and Indiana" Its con
| clusion Is that "the Democrats can hardly
expect to win next year single Republican
state which voted for Mr.. Blaine In 1884
and that the vote OF this state alone car
secure a Democratic yictory,n and 1t Is moi
apparently happy at the prospect even II
New York, for II tells the Democratic man
ayers "there is no margin for blunders."
This Democratic. perspective Of Democ.
racy Is sad. Yet II does not include all the
sad features. Outside Of New York city
New York state is more strongly Republi
can than 1t was In 1883 by enough TO over.
come double the late Democratic plurality
Democratic ascendancy In the state is main
tained by the city alone. While the Repub.
llcans cast but $4,000 votes, In the city al
the late election, Mr.. Blalne's vote In 1884
was 10000. The Democratic boomers pro-